In this podcast we meet a nanophotonics expert and a cosmologist
Read article: Probing the origins of the universe, using plasmonic tweezers to manipulate tiny objects
In this podcast the conversation runs from quantum fundamentals to the practicalities of powering the future
Read article: Pondering cosmic mysteries with Paul Davies, tandem solar cells could soon be on your roof
Laura Hiscott reviews What’s Eating the Universe and Other Cosmic Questions by Paul Davies
Read article: An inventory of cosmological mysteries
Prediction made by the late theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking 40 years ago receives observational support
Read article: LIGO gravitational-wave signal backs up Hawking’s area theorem
New research suggests that filaments of matter connecting one galaxy to another may be spinning
Read article: Galactic ‘bridges’ could be the largest rotating structures ever discovered
The long-standing physics problem is being tackled with renewed vigour by today’s cosmologists. Rob Lea investigates
Read article: A new generation takes on the cosmological constant
Philip Ball reviews Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality by Frank Wilczek
Read article: Rudiments of reality
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Read article: Big data meets Beethoven’s metronome, astronomy gets a badass new acronym
David Appell reviews The Little Book of Cosmology by Lyman Page
Read article: Little book, big science
Tiny features of a ‘Big Bounce’ led to universe-size anomalies today
Read article: Microwave anomalies strengthen the case for loop quantum cosmology, say physicists
